Science

World Meteorological Organisation data shows average global temperature to date is 14.45C, higher than long-term average This year is likely to be the ninth warmest on record, with global temperatures in 2012 cooler than the average for the past...

Sea-level rise is occurring much faster than scientists expected – exposing millions more Americans to the destructive floods produced by future Sandy-like storms, new research suggests. Satellite measurements over the last two decades found...

Researchers can predict if college freshman intend to become sexually active based solely on content they post to Facebook. In a study to be published January in the Journal of Sex Research, the team led by assistant professor Megan Moreno from...

Televangelist Pat Robertson says that radiocarbon dating proves that the Earth is older than 6,000 years — and he’s telling Christians not to “cover it up.” On Tuesday’s 700 Club, a viewer wrote Robertson that her...

The number of drugs when mixed with grapefruit that can lead to serious health problems, including sudden death, has skyrocketed, warns a Canadian researcher who first discovered the toxic link. In an article in the Canadian Medical Association...

Scientists said on Tuesday they had proof that climate change was hitting the Perigord black truffle, a delight of gourmets around the world. Trufflers have long suspected that global warming is affecting Tuber melanosporum — dubbed...

Sir John Beddington says governments must act in face of climate change, more older people and rapid urbanisation Ageing populations and urbanisation could leave the world’s poorest countries increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters,...

Climate talks got down to the nitty-gritty in Doha on Tuesday as developing countries and the European Union (EU) staked out rival positions on the fate of the Kyoto Protocol. Separately, the UN’s Environment Programme (UNEP) urged...

Almost 2,000 Britons have been struck down by an outbreak of the norovirus winter vomiting bug, with official data showing a 52 percent rise on last year. There have been 53 outbreaks of the highly contagious virus at NHS trusts across the...

Dr. Joseph Murray, who won the Nobel Prize for performing the first successful organ transplant, has died at the age of 93, according to the Boston Globe. After suffering a stroke Thursday, Murray passed away at Boston’s Brigham and...

Researchers at the University of Cambridge plan to create a committee dedicated to studying the risks of future technologies in hopes of preventing artificially intelligent robots from one day becoming humanity’s ultimate foe. The idea is...

WASHINGTON — The US space agency says it is monitoring a massive dust storm on Mars that has produced atmospheric changes. It’s the first time since the 1970s that NASA is studying such a phenomenon both from orbit and with a weather...

Men who drink one normal-sized soft drink per day are at greater risk of getting more aggressive forms of prostate cancer, according to a Swedish study released Monday. “Among the men who drank a lot of soft drinks or other drinks with...

It’s well known that smoking cigarettes has many adverse affects on the body, but it may come as a surprise to some that it also has some pronounced effects on how the brain functions as well. In a study published Sunday in the scientific...

WHO Issues Warning of SARS Like Virus in Middle East (via NewsLook) So far, the number of cases identified is small. But the fact it is so highly contagious, and has been brewing for months, has scientists concerned.